Senior Data Centre BMS & Controls Lead

Clear Engineering Recruitment; Cork; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lucrative Yearly Bonus

Car Allowance

Private Healthcare

Pension

Per Diem/Travel Allowance

Job summary

Clear Engineering Recruitment supports a leading global organisation in the data centre sector to appoint a Senior Controls/BMS Manager. This senior role drives commissioning across large-scale infrastructure projects worldwide, ensuring design intent aligns with operational performance and coordinating global teams.

You will lead strategies from planning to handover, act as SME for BMS/BAS/EPMS/PLC/SCADA, manage safety processes, and oversee vendor/contractor interfaces to deliver reliable

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Control Systems, Mechatronics or similar).
• 10+ years' experience in commissioning and/or controls engineering in complex infrastructure environments.
• Strong background in data centres or mission-critical facilities is highly desirable.
• Experience across industrial sectors such as oil & gas, power, pharma, or large-scale infrastructure.
• Proven experience leading commissioning teams in a matrix or multi-stakeholder environment.
• Strong understanding of project delivery from planning through commissioning and handover.
• Project management experience or certification (or equivalent practical experience).

Responsibilities

• Lead and support global controls commissioning activities across multiple live projects.
• Develop and implement standardised commissioning strategies from planning through to handover (L0-L6).
• Act as subject matter expert for BMS/BAS/EPMS/PLC/SCADA systems.
• Ensure alignment of design intent with operational performance requirements.
• Oversee systems integration across mechanical and electrical plant and equipment.
• Drive commissioning planning, scheduling, sequencing, and tag management.
• Lead technical validation workshops and system completion planning sessions.
• Ensure strict adherence to safety systems including PTW, SSOW, and LOTO.
• Manage OFCI / CFCI vendor and contractor interfaces across complex delivery environments.
• Develop and review commissioning documentation, test scripts, and procedures.
• Oversee loop checks, point-to-point testing, functional testing, and system start-up.
• Manage punch lists, defect resolution, and structured close-out processes.
• Support QA/QC teams to ensure quality-led commissioning delivery and minimal rework.
• Drive data-led decision making using completion and commissioning tracking systems.
• Identify and mitigate risks across commissioning execution and system handover.
• Provide leadership to commissioning teams and underperforming stakeholders where required.

Skills

Controls engineering

BMS/BAS/EPMS/SCADA

Project leadership

Commissioning

Safety compliance

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

PLC/SCADA

Job description

Clear Engineering Recruitment supports a leading global organisation in the data centre sector to appoint a Senior Controls/BMS Manager. This senior role drives commissioning across large-scale infrastructure projects worldwide, ensuring design intent aligns with operational performance and coordinating global teams.

You will lead strategies from planning to handover, act as SME for BMS/BAS/EPMS/PLC/SCADA, manage safety processes, and oversee vendor/contractor interfaces to deliver reliable